Recording Bach Day 2 of recording the Sonatas and Partitas-February 13th. St John the Baptist Aldbury-a perfect acoustic for Bach (for me, anyway) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1698), Bow (Stephen Bristow 2010) Recording Engineer-Jonathan Haskell (Astounding Sounds) Bach-G minor Solo Sonata BWV1001 1st Movement-Adagio (recorded at 1400 13th February)2nd Movement-Fuga3rd Movement-Siciliano4th Movement-Presto 14th Feburary 2012: […]
January 23, 2012
Jeremy Dale Roberts-Croquis 2 of these wonderful movements for String Trio, filmed by Colin Still (Optic Nerve), Sound by Jonathan Haskell (Astounding Sounds) at the South London Gallery. Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin, Morgan Goff-Viola, Neil Heyde-Cello
January 20, 2012
30 Days of Tartini-‘Piccole Sonate’ Introduction: Improvising on Tartini’s Tasso Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Stradivari 1698 (Joachim) Studio outtakes-Engineer Jonathan Haskell Giuseppe Tartini Day 32 Sonata 13 B minor AndanteAllegroAssaiGiga-allegro affetuoso Tartini: ‘My Piccole Sonate have a bass line merely as a courtesy…I play them without bassetto, and that is my true intention’ (Autograph letter to Algarottie 24-2-1750) […]
January 17, 2012
Thomas Baltzar ( 1631 – July 24, 1663)-Prelude Pp.34-5 John Playford-The Division Violin (2nd Edition-London 1685) Workshop recording-Wapping 17th January 2011 Bow by Antonini Airenti, Violin, Richard Duke
January 15, 2012
Johann Paul von Westhoff(1656 – buried 17 April 1705) -B major Sarabande Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin St Bartholomew the Great London 2010 Engineer-Jonathan Haskell
January 14, 2012
Johann Georg Pisendel-Gigue sans Basse (quoted in Telemann-der Getreue Musicmeister 1728-9) (26 December 1687 — 25 November 1755) Workshop Recording-Saturday January 14th 2012 Wapping Violin by Richard Duke, Bow Antonino Airenti Link to Telemann Fantasies
January 13, 2012
Caprice Variations-George Rochberg LINK to purchase
January 11, 2012
Felipe Libon-Caprice ‘La Caccia’ From 30 Caprices dedicated to his teacher, Viotti. WORKSHOP RECORDING Philippe (Felipe) Libon’s (1775-1838) parents sent their child to London from Cadiz to study with Viotti some time between Viotti’s arrival and his first exile from London in 1799. Libon, born in 1775, was in his teens, when he studied with […]
January 11, 2012
Paul Pellay-Marcia Triunfal de Diablo Tejano (para I Str) Mihailo Trandafilovski writes: ‘Just listening to Paul’s Thesaurus – fascinating, amazing range, feels like traveling through his imagination….’ Michael Finnissy writes: ‘Peter – the Demonic Violin Solos are extraordinary! Bravo, Paul Pellay.’ Jonathan Freeman Attwood : ‘….s fabulous violin writing. That’s quite a project!!’ (From […]
January 9, 2012
Exploring François Xavier Tourte (1747–1835) Exploring a wonderful bow by Tourte, from the collection of Charles Beare, with the help of Pierre Baillot. THE PRELUDE AND THE CADENZA, HEARD WITHOUT INDULGENCE. The prelude and the cadenza, both children of the imagination, must concern themselves with respondinng appropriately to its call, for once the artist has […]
January 31, 2012